Short-term impact of a university based smoke free campaign.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Using common alcohol consumption categories, to conduct a pooled analysis of six ongoing large-scale cohort studies in Japan in order to produce concrete estimates of the quantitative contribution of alcohol consumption to all-cause and major causes of mortality in the Japanese population. METHODS:Of the 30...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Inoue M,Nagata C,Tsuji I,Sugawara Y,Wakai K,Tamakoshi A,Matsuo K,Mizoue T,Tanaka K,Sasazuki S,Tsugane S,Research Group for the Development and Evaluation of Cancer Prevention Strategies in Japan.

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to compare the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS) notification system for congenital malformation surveillance and the Liverpool Congenital Malformations Registry (LCMR) with respect to efficiency and uniformity of ascertainment, diagnostic accuracy, and overreporting of minor ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Dutton SJ,Owens JR,Harris F

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The hypothesis that patients with hyperglycaemia during admission, regardless of previous diagnosis of diabetes, have worse prognosis than those with normal glucose values is controversial. The objective was to assess the role of hyperglycaemia on short-term mortality after myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS AND ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Sala J,Masiá R,González de Molina FJ,Fernández-Real JM,Gil M,Bosch D,Ricart W,Sentí M,Marrugat J,REGICOR Investigators.

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High intelligence early in life has consistently been associated with decreased mortality, but the mechanisms are still not fully understood. In this cohort study, we examined the association between intelligence in early adulthood and later mortality from natural and unnatural causes taking birth weight, pa...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Meincke RH,Mortensen EL,Avlund K,Rosthøj S,Sørensen HJ,Osler M

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The purpose of the study was to examine adult body height as an indicator of general health. DESIGN:The study was a survey of a randomly selected sample of the adult Swedish population obtained by the Swedish National Central Bureau of Statistics. PARTICIPANTS:The sample studied was identified in 1980...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Peck AM,Vågerö DH

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited research has shown a possible association between exposure to physical or sexual abuse prior to age 18 and the risk of developing hypertension as an adult. The factors mediating this relationship are unknown. METHODS:Questionnaire data from 68 505 female participants in the Nurses' Health Study II w...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Riley EH,Wright RJ,Jun HJ,Hibert EN,Rich-Edwards JW

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Health inequalities can be observed in early life as unfavourable birth outcomes. Evidence indicates that neighbourhood socioeconomic circumstances influence health. However, studies looking into temporal trends in inequalities in birth outcomes including neighbourhood socioeconomic conditions are scarce. ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bertens LCM,Burgos Ochoa L,Van Ourti T,Steegers EAP,Been JV

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of mortality data in the form of standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) to measure the need for health care resources in the Resource Allocation Working Party (RAWP) formula in England has been criticised for underestimating the wider effects of adverse socioeconomic conditions on need, particularly in inner cit...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Mays N,Chinn S

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inverse associations between perceived control and cardiovascular disease (CVD) have been reported in studies from Western Europe and the USA. To assess this relationship across different populations, we investigated the association between perceived control and all-cause and CVD mortality in three populatio...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kozela M,Pająk A,Micek A,Besala A,Kubinova R,Malyutina S,Tamosiunas A,Pikhart H,Peasey A,Nikitin Y,Marmot M,Bobak M

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although long working hours have been shown to be associated with the onset of cardiometabolic diseases, the clinical risk factor profile associated with long working hours remains unclear. We compared the clinical risk profile between people who worked long hours and those who reported being never exposed t...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Virtanen M,Magnusson Hansson L,Goldberg M,Zins M,Stenholm S,Vahtera J,Westerlund H,Kivimäki M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infant mortality rates vary from area to area. Part of this variation is due to the socioeconomic characteristics of the area and part to other factors including the obstetric, paediatric, and community health services. Four social indicators associated with infant deaths are used to control for some of the variations...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bradshaw J,Edwards H,Lawton D,Staden F,Weale J,Weekes A

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the impact of being a bystander to bullying. This study compared health outcomes among bullies, victims and bystanders, and investigated actions taken by bystanders when they saw bullying. METHOD:Participants included 7522 students aged 12-18 years that completed self-report questionna...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Callaghan M,Kelly C,Molcho M

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1969 to the end of 1983 in Norway, dementia was coded as the underlying cause of death from 2058 death certificates, and as a contributory cause from 19,459. This is 3.56% of the total number of deaths. It seems that a considerable proportion of dementia cases are noted on death certificates in Norway. Death rate...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Flaten TP

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to examine disease concurrence, using diabetes mellitus as an ullustrative example. DESIGN:The study involved a general practice morbidity survey, conducted over 12 months in 1981-82. All patients who consulted their general practitioners with a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (type 1 or typ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Fleming DM,Crombie DL,Cross KW

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Age-specific death from cardiovascular disease among Australian Aboriginals is estimated to be four to seven times that of general population, and the major cause of premature death. There is little reliable information on the incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD). This study compares CHD event rates in ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bradshaw PJ,Alfonso HS,Finn J,Owen J,Thompson PL

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of 150 hotel prostitutes in Lagos was undertaken to determine their socioeconomic identity and, through an assessment of their health knowledge, attitude, and practice, their probable impact on public health. The subjects were selected from 15 hotels, representing 20% of the estimated hotel universe in Lagos a...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Oleru UG

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To analyse simultaneously the effect of several risk factors for peptic ulcer. DESIGN:Cohort study where all patients with new or incident peptic ulcers in a well defined population were registered for a seven year period. The follow up started with a comprehensive health survey including a questionnai...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Johnsen R,Førde OH,Straume B,Burhol PG

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Many economic factors are associated with diet, yet the evidence is generally cross-sectional. Older people are considered especially vulnerable to poor diets from negative changes to varied economic factors. This review extends current knowledge on known correlates to decipher actual economic deter...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Conklin AI,Maguire ER,Monsivais P

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study were to examine (1) trends concerning financial assistance from the national government to local governments, (2) trends regarding death rates and life expectancies among prefectures, and (3) the effect of the national financial adjustment policy in equalising both the reve...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Takano T,Nakamura K

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate variation between small areas in the levels of walking, cycling, jogging, and swimming and overall physical activity and the importance of area level socioeconomic disadvantage in predicting physical activity participation. METHODS:All census collector districts (CCDs) in the 20 innermost local g...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kavanagh AM,Goller JL,King T,Jolley D,Crawford D,Turrell G

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To assess the extent to which poorer self assessed health in men in whom an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is detected at screening is a consequence or a predictor of screening outcome. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:Community based screening. PARTICIPANTS:23 654 men who attended for AAA screeni...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Marteau TM,Kim LG,Upton J,Thompson SG,Scott AP

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether occupational social class and area deprivation are independently associated with the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) conditions after adjustment for smoking status. DESIGN:Stratified multistage random sample analysed using multilevel logistic regression. PARTICIPANTS:8804 a...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Leyland AH

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lower blood folate levels have been associated with depression in cross-sectional surveys, but no studies have examined the relationship prospectively to determine whether the relationship is causal. A follow-up study was designed to examine whether lower blood folate levels predict incident depressive sympt...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kendrick T,Dunn N,Robinson S,Oestmann A,Godfrey K,Cooper C,Inskip H,Southampton Women's Survey Study Group.

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic diseases are now a major health problem in developing countries as well as in the developed world. Although chronic diseases cannot be communicated from person to person, their risk factors (for example, smoking, inactivity, dietary habits) are readily transferred around the world. With increasing hu...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Choi BC,McQueen DV,Puska P,Douglas KA,Ackland M,Campostrini S,Barceló A,Stachenko S,Mokdad AH,Granero R,Corber SJ,Valleron AJ,Skinner HA,Potemkina R,Lindner MC,Zakus D,de Salazar LM,Pak AW,Ansari Z,Zevallos JC,Gon

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:People living in highly walkable neighbourhoods tend to be more physically active and less likely to be obese. Whether walkable urban design reduces the future risk of diabetes is less clear. METHODS:We used inverse probability of treatment weighting to compare 10-year diabetes incidence between residents l...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Booth GL,Creatore MI,Luo J,Fazli GS,Johns A,Rosella LC,Glazier RH,Moineddin R,Gozdyra P,Austin PC

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relative admission rates of Asian and non-Asian patients to intensive therapy units (ITUs) in Coventry and to explore the implications of these rates for the transplantation of organs to Asian people. DESIGN:Examination of 1991 census data and a retrospective review of ITU admissions books. ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Exley C,Sim J,Reid NG,Booth L,Jackson S,West N

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low socioeconomic status (SES) has been linked to increased risk of hypertension, a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease. How the risk is altered by intergenerational social mobility is not well known. The aim of this study is to investigate parental SES, adult SES and the intergenerational social mo...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Högberg L,Cnattingius S,Lundholm C,Sparén P,Iliadou AN

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the article by Starfield and colleagues, it was suggested that the concept of prevention has gone astray. This article aims to extend their ideas. METHODS:Our methods are to take the Starfield et al article and argue that it is possible and useful to see prevention in a wider context, going beyond preven...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Ataguba JE,Mooney G

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is important to understand the local burden of non-communicable diseases including within-country heterogeneity. The aim of this study was to characterise hypertension and type-2 diabetes profiles across different Peruvian geographical settings emphasising the assessment of modifiable risk factors. METHO...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bernabé-Ortiz A,Carrillo-Larco RM,Gilman RH,Checkley W,Smeeth L,Miranda JJ,CRONICAS Cohort Study Group.

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association of self-reported health (SRH) with the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene, life stress, and sociobehavioural factors in adults aged 55 and over. DESIGN:Secondary analysis of data from the Social Environment and Biomarkers of Aging Study (SEBAS) in Taiwan in 2000, comprising 1023 individu...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Zhang F,Lewis M,Yang G,Iriondo-Perez J,Zeng Y,Liu J

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00